basketball never sleeps

Chapter 99 Christmas War ([-])

In the locker room before the game, Tang Shuai was still mobilizing for the final game. They had a reason to win this game, but the gap in strength was obvious at a glance.

At present, the Lakers are 13 wins and 12 losses, ranking 8th in the Western Conference and 12th in the league. The Heat have not lost a single game since O'Neal's comeback and rank first in the league.

"In real life, every great achievement starts with confidence, and confidence takes the first step." Tang Shuai said in a cadenced tone.

"The Heat we are about to face are strong, but they are not invincible. Maybe everyone thinks we will lose, but I want you to remember one thing, a winner will never give up, and a giver will never give up. will win."

Tang Shuai didn't talk too much about tactics, but concentrated on cooking chicken soup. After the chicken soup, the oppressive atmosphere in the locker room because of a certain person gradually eased.

While the DJ was shouting, the Lakers players began to play, and before Kobe played, Tang Shuai still couldn't help emphasizing it in Kobe's ear.

"Remember, we're one, and you're dealing with one, Kobe."

"I know, leave it to me." He didn't refute or ignore Tang Shuai's words as he did with the previous Zen master.

Now he is much more mature than before, and he has begun to listen to the words.

Moreover, the heat in front of him really cannot be solved by his personal strength, he needs the help of his teammates.

Before the start of the game, Kupchak released a highlight of O'Neal's career with the Lakers as a tribute to O'Neal's contribution to the Lakers.

Seeing O'Neill open his arms and proudly enjoying the cheers of the home fans, Kobe silently squeezed his fists without saying a word, and saved himself another tube of anger.

Lakers starters: Atkins, Kobe, Peterson, Odom, Chris Mim
Heat starters: Damon Jones, Wade, Mo Wen, Haslem, O'Neal
From the comparison of the lineup, the outside players are better.

Atkins and Damon Jones are small men who run and jump and shoot well. Kobe, Peterson, Wade and Mo Wen are almost [-]-[-].

But the gap on the inside line is too obvious.

Odom is strong offensively and weak defensively, and Mihm alone guards the Lakers' inside frame.

Originally, Mihm's position in the Lakers was the No. 2 backup center. Who made Grant have the risk of injury and could not start the game.

With just a few people, your meme is playing center forward, can he defend?I can't prevent it, I don't have the ability to know!

Los Angeles fans didn't even scold him much.

In the opening jump ball, O'Neill unsurprisingly dialed the ball from Mihm's head.

After Mo Wen received the ball, he wanted to repeat the three-pointer against the Kings, but the Lakers were already prepared, and Kobe ran up to him without giving him a chance.

Ignoring the heads-up invitation in Kobe's eyes, Mo Wen decisively passed the ball to the energetic Wade.

Although Mo Wen has the experience and skills to deal with Kobe, and he once annoyed Kobe in the finals last season, the physical gap cannot be ignored, and he has been losing weight recently. Although his strength has increased a lot, his weight is still low. also became a disadvantage.

Kobe is not a young man like You Zhan who doesn't have a few brushes in his trouser pocket. Kobe has almost no dead ends in basketball skills.To him, Mo Wen was like a complicated math problem, which was difficult, but once he had an idea to solve the problem, the rest would be very smooth.

Wade's success rate against Mo Wen in the team has also increased recently, not because he has made great progress recently, but because he gradually found a way to deal with Mo Wen, and gradually got used to Mo Wen's black hands.

The NBA is a game of talent. Some people are born in Rome, and some people are born as mules.

Wade caught the ball and swayed, grasping the flaws in Peterson's vain footsteps. Instead of using brute force, he used a light dribble and his powerful explosive power to wipe out Peterson's defense and broke into the inside.

Odom glanced at the little brother who had a good time together in the past, and knew that he couldn't hold this fast guy, so he wanted to give up defense directly and run forward for a fast break, but before he took a step, he recalled Thinking about Kobe's murderous eyes for half a second, he still made a disturbing movement towards the back of Wade's head very perfunctorily.

I interfered, I worked hard, I really interfered!
Mim on the other side watched Wade dunk the ball into the basket lightly and remained indifferent.

It wasn't that he didn't want to step forward to defend, but the main reason was that he wanted to compete with O'Neill, and he put all his energy into it, just like wrestling his wrists.

Seeing the half-dead look of the Lakers, Wade was also a little embarrassed.

When he was attacking just now, he took the opponent's blocking route into account and showed it off. After scoring the goal, he saw that there was really no one behind him except Odom who was "greeting" to him. .

Is it because the Lakers haven't paid enough?
This level of defense is looser than the sister he met at the party last time who claims to be innocent but actually killed thousands of people.

Did you say Peterson's defense was bad?It's not bad, at least it's much better than Devin George last season, and better than Caron Butler who was originally traded in history.

But strong is not strong, and the miracle of 81 points later was achieved under the defense of him and Jaylen Rose.

After following Mo Wen for two steps, Kobe noticed the movement behind him. Looking at Wade who was hanging the frame, he finally remembered that Wade was the "little baby" who spoke rudely to him after the last game.

He didn't bother with Mo Wen anymore, instead he approached Wade.

Turning to the Lakers to attack, Atkins gave the ball to Kobe after half court.

Kobe glanced at the team's lineup and decided to single-handedly play outside.

Facing Wade's defense, he pretended to ask for a cover from Odom, and then took advantage of Wade's defensive distraction, crossed his hands, rushed two steps inside and then faced Wade who was returning to defense, using his back He leaned his shoulders from side to side and swayed twice, feeling Wade's gambler-like defensive choice, feeling a little proud in his heart, dribbling the ball with core strength, and turning around smoothly to stretch the blocking arm.

But as soon as he took two steps inside, the Heat lineup shrank and blocked him.

Mo Wen even relied on his outstanding insight to almost shoot off the basketball in Kobe's hands.

Kobe in the pocket is not easy to find the direction of the outside players. Looking at the familiar O'Neal, he subconsciously wants to pass, but fortunately, the completely different color of the jersey makes him stop before passing the ball, and instead stuffs the ball to Only one headed meme left out.

Mihm held up his begging and was about to turn around and rush to the frame, but O'Neal, who lost weight, gave him a shoulder in the collision zone in time to make Mihm's dunk fly directly.

This scene caused another sigh from the Los Angeles fans.

Haslem grabbed the basketball and passed it to Mo Wen. He didn't wait for O'Neal's attack to settle down as before, but led the other three people to move forward quickly.

The Lakers quickly retreated, and in a panic, Atkins was horrified to find that the man he was defending turned into Mo Wen.

Atkins is one of the shortest players in the history of the NBA. He reported a height of 180 and added some water. Although he got good data this year by relying on offense, no matter how good the offense is, it can't cover it up. His defensive contribution is negative.

"For the sake of being a teammate, save me some face, brother." Atkins said bitterly.

Mo Wen didn't speak. Atkins, who weighed more than 70 kilograms, seemed to ignore it. He pushed to the basket, attracted Mihm's defense, and lightly tossed the ball to the backboard.

O'Neal took off with bent legs, scooped up the basketball, put it into the basket easily, and also completed the dunk on Mihm. 4:0.

Seeing his teammates being treated like air, Kobe couldn't help grinding his back molars again.

They are really too much if they are too much, and you are really soft if you are soft.

"Mourn for yourself, after all, who let you have such a boss."

O'Neill didn't miss this good opportunity to taunt.

Kobe gritted his teeth and didn't refute anything, but he responded to the ball in the next round.

After he showed off a wave of skills on the outside, he pulled it up directly.

Wade took off a step slower, his eyes were not closed, and Kobe hit a three-pointer. 4:3.

Mo Wen once again led his teammates to push forward quickly. After seeing the Lakers' defense tightened, he didn't make a hard charge. He waited until O'Neal came back to start the next move.

Don't think it's pointless to wait.

When a 300-jin black bear comes over step by step, the oppressive feeling alone can give people a lot of psychological pressure.

Mo Wen made a gesture, and the Lakers used a video to pay tribute to O'Neal, which is a bit hypocritical. The real tribute is to watch the Heat's triangle offense.

After the ball was passed twice in the hands of Mo Wen and Wade, it came to O'Neal's hands.

Seeing O'Neal holding the ball with his back, Mim's eyes were determined.

He is just a small middle class with an annual salary of 300 million, but he has to face O'Neal with an annual salary of 3000 million.

For a moment, he also thought that he might as well be hurt.

O'Neal didn't use his strength to do anything reckless this time. Instead, he raised the ball with one hand and swayed it twice, causing Mim to take off, and then turned sideways to hit the ball into the basket.

(End of this chapter)